A Worldwide Day's Worth of Food
Egypt, The Camel Broker
Name: Saleh Abdul Fadlallah
Age: 40; Height: 5' 8"; Weight: 165 pounds
Caloric value of food this day: 3200 calories
BREAKFAST: Eggs (2), 3.8 oz., fried with butter, 1 tbsp., eaten with ful medames (fava beans cooked with garlic, lemon juice, cumin, and oil, not in picture*), 5.2 oz., and aish baladi (flat country bread), 8.6 oz. Fried potato chips, 1.3 oz. Tomatoes, 6.1 oz., with salt, 0.5 tsp. Feta cheese, 3.7 oz. Black tea, 3.8 fl. oz., with sugar, 1 tbsp. Boiled water, 7 fl. oz.
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LUNCH: Goat meat broth with bone, 6.7 oz. Potato and tomato cooked with onion, garlic, cumin, Egyptian baharat (spice mixture), and oil, 6.7 oz. Soup of molokhiya (Jew's mallow), chicken stock, butter, garlic, and coriander, 4.5 oz. White rice, 7.5 oz. Black tea, 3.8 fl. oz., with sugar, 1 tbsp.
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DINNER: Aish baladi, 8.6 oz. Feta cheese, 2.3 oz. White rice, 6.3 oz. Fried potato chips, 1.5 oz. Black tea, 4 fl. oz., with sugar, 1 tbsp. Boiled water, 7 fl. oz.
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THROUGHOUT THE DAY: Black tea (6), 20 fl. oz., with sugar, 2.5 oz. Cleopatra king-size cigarettes, 1 pack
Although virtually all of the camels that Saleh Fadlallah sells at the camel market are sold for their meat, he rarely eats this meat himself as it's too expensive for everyday meals.
* The dish at the lower right, additional goat meat with broth, is a stand-in for the missing beans; it is not included in the calorie total.